The world's deadliest hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones

There's a reason some parts of the world get hit by hurricanes more than others — it's built into the weather system. Places in the US like Galveston, Texas, or New Orleans in Louisiana have seen their fair share of tropical storms. The same is true for other parts of the American eastern seaboard and beyond — from Florida down to the Bahamas, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. In the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the usual targets are Bangladesh, the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Japan and India. And we'll get to some of the worst storms in a moment. First, though,...

So let's say your lying in bed with your significant other and you just can't fall asleep. Maybe you're feeling excited from the upcoming Samsung Unpacked event, or just the stress of everyday living has given you insomnia. To relax, you grab your phone to watch some YouTube videos. But there is a problem; you can't find your dongle and your phone doesn't have a 3.5mm jack.Another scenario. Let's say that you want to watch a video in another language that you don't understand. You can try to grab the context by watching the action, but that is not going...

So the Samsung Galaxy S10 has caught your eye, and you want to reserve a unit as soon as you can. But for one reason or another (perhaps you work for the U.S. government in some capacity) your finances are not exactly at full strength. Well, you could raise some funds by selling your current phone or an older model. One place to go to sell your phone is Gazelle. The company has been around since 2006 and buys previously owned smartphones, tablets and computers.Spotted by Windows Central, Gazelle now has a special offer that will add an extra $20...

Google's Pixel phones have been quite popular in the United States since their launch late last year, so if you really want to get one there are plenty of options to choose from these days. Google Fi and Verizon have major deals on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. You can even find them on sale on the Google Store for a fairly good price.Target has a rather unusual promotional offer for those looking purchase either of the two Pixel phones. The deal doesn't really involve any discounts but rather something extra when you buy one right now.So, whenever...

Although the list of features users ask for on Twitter keeps on growing -- editable tweets, more proactive anti-abuse features, more easily parsed conversation threads, etc -- but despite that, the devs at Twitter keep on working on and pushing out smaller (often useful) features that no one really asked for. And a new feature like that is being tested right now.Twitter is currently testing an option that will pop up the profile info when you tap on an @username in the main timeline of the app. It may not seem like a huge deal, but anyone who has spent...

This week, NASA said goodbye to Opportunity, a rover that roamed the surface of Mars for nearly 15 years before it was silenced by a planet-encompassing dust storm last summer. Over the years, the rover hit a lot of milestones, including completing a marathon. Its engineers managed to keep it working through standard Mars hazards like brutal temperature swings and dust storms and as it coped with problems of memory loss. In the end, its mission lasted 5,352 Martian days, which is almost 60 times longer than the 90-day mission that it was originally expected to complete. Data collected by...

Getting screened for strains of the cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) can be difficult for many women, but notgetting tested can have deadly consequences. In 2019, an estimated 4,250 women will die from invasive cervical cancer — a number that, the American Cancer Society notes, has not changed much in 15 years. To bring that number down, some companies are trying to bring HPV tests out of the doctors’ offices and into women’s homes. “Half of the cervical cancers that continue to occur in the US are amongst women who rarely screen or have never been screened,” says Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe,...